Razor blade holder



- March 9, 1948. w; TISCHENDOF l 2,437,337

RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed Dec.A l, 1944 o 3 www Wr/761i WSC/76nd@ 17j Patented Mar. 9, 1948 I 2,437,337'. Y 1 Y f' RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.: 'Werncr'Tischen'dom Chardon, Ohio..

Application December 1, liittcriaiahic.56mm Y a This invention relates to Sharpeners for safety razor blades, and more particularly to a. holder in which a yrazor blade can be mounted with a minimum of effort and in which it will be firmly secured for ecient sharpening action.

A main object of this invention is to provide a holding device for sharpening a safety razor blade which is extremely simple in construction and operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide 1 Claim. (Cl. 30-332) a holding device for sharpening a, safety razor blade which is constructed so' as to provide the correct angle of inclination for obtaining the `best cutting edge when the device is used with a honing strop.

Further objects of this invention will appear from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, showing a blade-holding device according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the device of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on lino 3--3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a sectional view showing the rela.. tion of the razor blade and holding device to the surface of a honing strop during the sharpening operation.

Referring to the drawings, I designates a safety razor blade held between a resilient flat metal strip 2 and another resilient flat metal strip 3. An elongated at sleeve member 4 -slidably embraces the major portions of the strips 2 and 3 at one end of the device and a short cap 5 clamps the ends of the strips 2 and 3 together at the other end of the device. The internal cavities l of the sleeve 4 and the cap 5 are such as to provide a snug sliding fit for resilient strips 2 and 3 when pressed together, and thus causes said strips to exert a rm squeezing pressure on the body portion of the razor blade held between said strips in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2. Two lugs yii are provided rigidly secured to strip 3 on the longitudinal center line thereof and are formed and spaced to enter the conventional lugreceiving recesses of razor blade I. A pair of spaced openings 1 are provided on strip 2 opposite said lugs adapted to receive the portions of said lugls which project beyond the razor blade, resulting in a construction which provides positive securement of blade I in the holding device when sleeve 4 and cap are in their respective locking positions, such as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The space between the inner edge 8 of sleeve 4 and inner edge 9 of cap 5 when the device is assembled with a razor blade therein is sumcient to allow clearance for the width of a standard honing strop I0 when the device is held transversely of the strop with the razor edges held against the honing surfaces in the position shown in Figure 4. The thickness and. width of strips 2 and 3 are quite small and are such that the honed edge will be extremely sharp and the cutting angle between the honed sides of the cutting edges will be very small and uniform on both of the edges of the blades, since the edges of strips 2 and 3 provide a guide means for hold. ing the device at the proper angle on the strop surface.

To .remove the sharpened blade cap -5 is pulled off and strips 2 and 3 are spread apart slightly so that the blade I may be disengaged from lugs 6. Another blade may be inserted and clamped in place by slipping cap 5 back into position.

Strip 2 is formed at its end with a tapered tip which may be used as a fingernail cleaner. In order to employ this feature, sleeve 4 must be slid inwardly toward cap 5, with the razor blade removed from the device.

The width of the strips 2 and 3 should be less than two-thirds the width of the razor blade for best results.

While a specific embodiment of a razor-holding device has been described in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention willoccur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intend-ed that no limitations be placed on the invention other than as defined by the scope `ses of the appended claim. What is claimed is:

A holder for double edge safety razor blades, comprising long thin flat highly resilient metal strips which have the same length, these metal strips receiving the double edge safety razor blade between them and having less width than the safety razor blade which projects upon opposite sides beyond the strips, the safety razor blade having openings, one strip having openings, lugs carried by the other strip to pass through the openings in the safety razor blade for insertion Within the openings of the one strip, the strips extending in one direction beyond the lugs for the major portion of the length of the strips and in an opposite direction beyond the lugs for a short distance, a nat cap removably mounted upon the short ends of the strips and having parallel sides, and a long ilat sleeve removably 3 fnounted upon the long ends of the strips and having nat parallel sides, the cap and sleeve being shiftable longitudinally toward the lugs until they assume positions near the blade so that their flat sides will press the strips into rm engage` ment with the blade, the sleeve extending throughout substantially the entire length of the long ends of the strips, said sleeve and long ends constituting a rigid handle, the cap being remov able so that the resilient strips may be spread and the blade removed from between vthe resilient strips without separating the handle from their.

strips.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe 111e of this patent:

WERNER TISCHENDORF.' 'T" Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Dube Sept. 27, 1910 Madigan Nov. 21, 1911 Rang Aug. 26, 1924 Gaunt Apr. 21, 1925 Lloyd Feb. 8, 1927 McFarland Mar. 26, 1929 'v Oct. 15, Edwards Feb. 1s, 1936 Leahy May 19, 1936 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain 1925 

